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The US used to be a haven for research. Now, scientists are packing their bags.
Colette Davidson Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dover, Delaware; Marseille, France This isn’t the first time James Gerber and Lisa Hilbink have packed up their things and left. In the past 23 years, the married pair of academics have rented out their two-story house in Minnesota a handful of times – during sabbatical stints or fellowships.
As government funding for scientific research dries up, and as President Donald Trump wages pointed attacks against some of the nation’s top universities, more academics are looking to Europe and Asia as safe havens. The Education Department also has asked for enrollment data from universities to make sure that race isn’t being considered in admissions and has launched investigations into what it calls rampant antisemitism on campuses such as Harvard and Columbia. As part of the initiative, the university is also pushing French officials to create a special immigration status of “scientific refugee,” to recognize the current threat researchers face.
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